HC Deb 12 May 1998 vol 312 cc76-7W
Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of(a) 4 star, (b) 3 star, (c) 2 star and (d) 1 star officers in respect of the (i) Royal Navy, (ii) Army, (iii) Royal Marines and (iv) Royal Air Force and the total number of service personnel based in each of the Government's standard regions of England and in Scotland and in Wales at the latest date for which figures are available. [40997]

Dr. Reid

The number of 1 to 4 star officers, by Service, and the total number of Service personnel, based in each of the Government's standard regions of England, Scotland, and Wales, as at 1 July 1997 (the latest breakdown figures available) are set out in the tables.

Number of 1 to 4 star officers by region
All services Royal Navy Royal Marines Army RAF
North West
4 star
3 star
2 star
1 star 1 1
Yorks & Humberside
4 star
3 star
2 star 1 1
1 star 5 5
East Midlands
4 star
3 star
2 star 1 1
1 star 4 1 3
West Midlands
4 star
3 star
2 star 1 1
1 star 3 1 2
Eastern
4 star 2 1 1
3 star 3 2 1
2 star 7 1 6
1 star 27 8 1 4 14
London
4 star 6 1 2 3
3 star 7 4 3
2 star 29 7 10 12
1 star 64 20 1 24 19
South East
4 star 3 1 2
3 star 4 2 1 1
2 star 21 7 2 7 5
1 star 86 25 5 42 14
South West
4 star 3 3
3 star 4 1 2 1
2 star 26 7 10 9
1 star 81 17 2 41 21
Wales
4 star
3 star
2 star
1 star 2 1 1
Scotland
4 star
3 star
2 star 3 1 2
1 star 6 1 4 1

Note:

No 1 to 4 star officers are based in North East or Merseyside regions

Total number of service personnel by region
All services Naval services Army RAF
North East 1,294 25 784 485
North West 1,981 18 1,786 177
Merseyside 200 28 151 21
Yorks & Humberside 10,958 103 8,838 2,017
East Midlands 7,791 110 934 6,747
West Midlands 5,102 91 3,480 1,531
Eastern 17,039 1,081 7,511 8,447
London 7,338 916 4,088 2,334
South East 46,567 15,337 22,865 8,365
South West 44,367 18,657 16,211 9,499
Wales 3,333 27 929 2,377
Scotland 13,891 5,283 2,953 5,655

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